Polity Questions and Answers

Polity Questions and Answers

Indian Polity and governance form an important part of the civil services exam syllabus. Questions based on the same are asked in the two written examinations for UPSC recruitment. In this article, BYJU’S brings to you a compiled list of Polity questions important from prelims and mains perspective.

The answers to the questions below have been given by IAS experts, and candidates can get brief and crisp answers to these questions based on important topics. These topics have been picked from UPSC Syllabus, especially based on the General Studies II paper of the mains examination.

Constitution, political systems and patterns, fundamental rights, parliaments, etc. constitute a part of the polity syllabus for the two phases of the exam and questions given below will help candidates get upfront and unambiguous answers to all polity questions for exam preparation.

The interim government of India led by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed on 2nd September 1946. It was formed to oversee the transition of the country...
Jawaharlal Nehru was the head of the interim government. The powers of a prime minister are bestowed on the vice-president of the Council of...
According to Article 82 of the Constitution, the Parliament by law enacts a Delimitation Act after every census. After the commencement of the...
At present, the strength of the House is 545. The Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of people chosen by direct election on the basis of...
The President is the constitutional head of India. Article 74(1) of the Constitution provides that there shall be a Council of Ministers with the...
Ranjana Prakash Desai assumed charge as Chairperson of Delimitation Commission on 13th march, 2020. She is presently Chairperson of the Search...
Section 124A IPC states that "any person by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or...
The last delimitation exercise was conducted by the Justice KK Gupta Commission (retired) when the state was under President’s Rule. The...
The Delimitation Commission is appointed by the President of India and works in collaboration with the Election Commission of India. Members of...
104th amendment of the Indian Constitution extended the deadline for the cessation of seats for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and states...
Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill, 2019 was passed for the abrogation of Art 370. It seeks to scrap Article 370 and Article 35A in Jammu...
EVMs were used for the first time in Kerala in 50 booths of the Paravur Assembly constituency in Ernakulam in 1982. In 1992, Parliament inserted...
EVMs are electronic voting machines that enable the voter with a button for each choice of candidate. An EVM is designed with two units: the...
Delimitation literally means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or a province having a...
Delimitation literally means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or a province having a...
The Delimitation Commission was constituted in March 2020 to redraw the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of J&K, Assam, Arunachal...
The 84th Amendment Act, 2001 froze the constituency boundaries till the first census after 2026, that is, at least until after 2031. The existing...
The Representation of the People Act 1950 lays down  Procedures for delimitation of constituencies. Procedure for the allocation of seats...
Section 61A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 provides legal provisions for the use of EVMs.  Section 61A:  Notwithstanding...
India is a parliamentary form of government that follows First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system where the highest-polling candidate wins the...